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Peyton Manning went back to school Thursday.
The quarterback made a surprise appearance in professor John Haas' Communications 499 course's videoconference and greeted the University of Tennessee students who are taking the class online now because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Haas teased Manning for being late and even suggested he should be running stadium stairs as a result.
Manning also had words of encouragement for the students, who are facing a difficult situation (h/t Chris Low of ESPN.com):
"I realize this is probably not the ideal way you guys expected to spend your senior year.